You
would think time would creep by if you were living in a camper with those four
walls so very close. Surprisingly that’s
not the case. I’ve been so busy, the
days just fly. I’ve been doing clerical
tasks for both Eric and Joey, along with projects on the camper, and of
course, cooking. On Saturday, Eric and his truck finally got
hired to haul frac water tanks. Frac water is used to fracture the shale rock
so the oil can be extracted.
The tanks look like a shipping container but
with a set of wheels and they hold about 400 barrels of water. (They are hauled
empty). They are then filled by yet
another kind of truck called a vac truck which is a tanker that holds 6,000 to
7,000 gallons. I heard on NPR that the
average well rig requires about 2000 semi-truck trips, 800 of which are for
water!
While
Eric was gone from the afternoon to the wee hours, I put up Christmas
decorations while listening to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and sipping Sugar
Cookie Sleigh Ride tea by Celestial Seasonings (what exactly is “natural
sugar cookie flavor”?) I made a batch of
Perfect Cocoa Brownies from thecomfortofcooking.com
and happily amused myself by surfing foodgawker.com
and Facebook. It’s amazing how many
hours pass in front of the computer, isn’t it?
For once it was still outside and the moon shone in the clear, cold
sky. Eric finally rolled in at 4:30 am,
tired but happy.
I
just got hired at a little coffee house called Raw Energy (thanks for the intro, Joey!) It has nice atmosphere with a yoga room and
spinning classroom in the back…who knew?
I’ll be working two days a week ,
and Pam, the owner, said she would work with me on the schedule should I be
hired at a neighboring restaurant that I’m applying at tomorrow.
So
now Eric and I are employed (if just partially) and are now thinking that it
really was a good idea to come to North Dakota. After a month and a half, the pieces are
starting to fall into place and we are starting to feel like a part of the
community.
It’s
been a long time since I’ve had a first day on the job, and I’m pretty happy
about it. Wish me luck!
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